Le Sigh

I totally want to get one of these for the new baby. It costs about the same as the bassinet we were going to get, so I think we’re really going to do it. They’re all the rage in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe (not to mention Latin America, where they’ve been the standard for [...]

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All the Time

God is good!! Can’t say much more about it. But he is. Trust me.

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Dandelions

Jonah (age 4): Mommy, come and see! I catched a LOT of dandelions for the table.
Me: Oh, they’re very pretty.
Jonah: Yeah.
Me: Did you give them water?
Jonah: Yeah. But they’re going to die because I picked them.
Me: That’s true.

Jonah: Mommy! I’m a good guy!
Me: Oh!
Jonah: Bad guys pick flowers, but I digged this one with the [...]

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The Fun Stuff

We had church at our house again yesterday. We weren’t as completely packed-out as we’ve been before, but there were new people, and people who we’ve missed for a while.
Jason Franklin decided mid-morning that he wasn’t going to preach the scheduled chapter from Mark. Instead, he spent about thirty minutes explaining the big dream we’ve [...]

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Outside!

The kids have been in the sun almost all day today.
It’s 67 degrees outside.
We released our butterflies into the wild (if you can call it that).
Let’s just keep it this way for a while.

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Ask a Silly Question

Jason and Jonah were playing knights. Jason had the blue knight on horseback, and Jonah had the red knight. Naiah (age 2) watched for a minute, then grabbed for Jason’s blue knight.
Jason: What are you doing?
Naiah (in her best baby voice): I want that.
Jason: Oh, you think you can just be cute, and say “I [...]

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Hello, Weight Gain

Well, it appears my unnatural pregnancy weight loss days are officially over. I now have an appetite.
Tonight at the breakfast-for-dinner potluck at the church, I ate

4 pancakes
6 pieces of bacon
2 waffles
2 helpings of hash brown casserole
2 cups of orange juice
1 cup of coffee with creamer

And I could have eaten more. Seriously. I was craving dessert. [...]

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Elastic

Jonah (age 4): Hey, Mommy, what’s this?
Me: That’s a piece of elastic.
Jonah: Why is it so stretchy?
Me: It’s made to be stretchy. You put it in your clothes to make your clothes stretchy. Look at your pants. You feel how stretchy they are at the top? They have elastic.
Jonah: Oh, they are stretchy!
Anna (age 6): [...]

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How to Make Veggies Evil

The theme of Wednesday’s potluck dinner was soul food. So I just had to make pecan pies. And collard greens. Evil collard greens. I thought I’d plumb the depths of my depravity here. My apologies to those of you who may have clogged your arteries with them.
How to Make Evil, Deep South Collard Greens

First:
Make a [...]

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One of Those Days

First, let me say that my kids are usually pretty well-behaved when we go out. Most of the comments I get from strangers in the store or elsewhere are about how quiet and orderly the four of them are– “Especially for having so many!” the stranger often adds.
Yesterday was different.
To be fair, we’ve been shaken [...]

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